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Christian Nodal to Receive ‘Extraordinary Evolution’ Award at 2022 Latin American Music Awards
Telemundo unveiled that Christian Nodal will be recognized with the Extraordinary Evolution Award at the 2022 Latin American Music Awards, which will take place on April 21 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The special award is “presented to a young performer who has demonstrated change and accelerated growth as an artist, to reach the pinnacle of success in a short period of time,” according to an official press statement. Previous title holders include Maluma, Becky G, and Ozuna. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Nodal, a five-time nominee at this year’s Latin AMAs, is also confirmed for a musical performance at the show. The Regional Mexican star first entered the Billboard charts in 2017 with his debut single “Adios Amor,” which hit No. 1 on the R...
Shawn Mendes Gets Spiritual As He Embarks On His Biggest Tour Yet
“I hit a low point a few years ago,” Shawn Mendes admits, his brow furrowing beneath his shaggy curls. The sun is setting over a Santa Monica, Calif., apartment complex, and Mendes is leaning forward from his seat as he explains a recent major life change: his embrace of spirituality. It started with meditation to bring a little balance to his chaotic life of pop stardom. That turned into reading religious texts, which turned into a deep dive on the Bhakti movement in Hinduism. For nearly a year, Mendes has spent every Thursday meditating and discussing scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita with Jay Shetty, the author of Think Like a Monk. “I think everybody has a moment where they just decide it’s time to kind of do something different,” says Mendes matter-of-factly. Now spirituality is “a pa...
Conversations With Every 2022 Oscar Best Original Song and Score Nominee
The music nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards include Oscar veterans such as Diane Warren (her 13th nomination) and Hans Zimmer (his 12th), as well as six first-time nominees — Germaine Franco, Van Morrison, DIXSON and Beyoncé, and Billie Eilish and FINNEAS. Three of the nominated songs are by individual songwriters — Lin-Manuel Miranda, Warren and Morrison. This runs counter to the prevailing trend on the Billboard Hot 100, where collaborations rule. Meanwhile, Encanto was the only film to land nods for both best original song and best original score. It is the first film in three years to register in both categories — Black Panther and Mary Poppins Returns both achieved the feat at the 91st Oscars. Ahead, song and score nominees discuss what the recognition means leadin...
The Hello Group Launches Music Publishing Arm in Partnership With Sony
The Hello Group, a multi-faceted entertainment company, is adding to its capabilities with the launch of a music publishing operation that has pacted with Sony Music Publishing for global administration and other services. Hello Group – which provides label services, artist management, digital marketing and other capabilities – has added a music publishing arm, dubbed THG Publishing, whose initial roster includes Alawn, Andy Love and Lauren Dyson. THG’s core focus will be on placing songs in the K-pop and J-pop markets. THG Publishing’s clients have been involved in writing or co-writing songs that have appeared on No. 1 albums on at least a dozen Billboard albums charts, as well songs that have attained high positions in global and international song charts. They include ITZY’s “Icy,” (Dy...
Watch: GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage In Las Vegas
JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band’s headlining concert Sunday night (March 13) at Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. As he has done a number of other times over the course of the last four years, Tipton appeared with PRIEST for the encore, performing “Metal Gods”, “Breaking The Law” and “Living After Midnight”. Video of the performance can be seen below. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — but announced in early 2018 he was going to sit out touring activities in support of JUDAS PRIEST‘s latest studio album, “Firepower”. He was replaced by “Firepower” album producer Andy Sneap, w...
THE THREE TREMORS Feat. TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS, SEAN PECK And HARRY CONKLIN: ‘Kryptonian Steel’ Music Video
THE THREE TREMORS, the project featuring acclaimed heavy metal singers Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin (JAG PANZER) and Sean “The Hell Destroyer” Peck (CAGE, DEATH DEALER, DENNER/SHERMANN), has released “Kryptonian Steel”, the final video from its second album, “Guardians Of The Void”. The song is an homage to the “Man Of Steel”, Superman, and is the brainchild of Peck, well known for his comic book collecting. The track drops a lot of Superman lore and the animation on the video keeps the intense level of violence rocking with the speed metal nature of the music. “I try to keep writing songs about comic book characters with all the bands I am in and now...
SXSW Review: X Is Ti West’s Raucous TeXXXas Chain Saw Massacre By Way of Shyamalan’s Old
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The Pitch: X has a lot on its mind, and the line between exploitation and empowerment is just one of many rich themes mined by Ti West in his first feature film since the 2016 John Travolta and Ethan Hawke-starring Western In A Valley of Violence. “So the camera changes things,” Lorraine (Jenna Ortega) says midway through the film, just before RJ, Lorraine’s boyfriend and the young starry-eyed director of the porno at the center of the film, storms out of the shoot, furious and uncomfortable with her sudden interest in appearing on-screen in their dirty picture. Lorraine, quiet as a church mouse, is the innocent boom mic operator, not like these other girls willing to debase themselves on-camera, or at least that’s how RJ ...
Harmonize – Bakhresa
Check out this brand new tune from Harmonize titled ‘Bakhresa’. Konde Music World Wide boss Harmonize thrills his fans and supporters again with a brand new single titled ‘Bakhresa’. The new record “Bakhresa” is an amazing piece of good music which is his second release for the year and averse as a follow up to his previously released track “Mwaka Wangu“. Harmonize remains committed to dishing out great tunes, meanwhile enjoy ‘Bakhresa‘. Listen and share Harmonize – Bakhresa below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Harmonize_-_Bakhresa_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Lil Durk Projected To Earn First No. 1 With ‘7220’
Lil Durk is projected to achieve a new feat on next week’s Billboard 200 with his latest project, 7220. According to HITS Daily Double, Durkio is on track to earn his first No. 1 entry on the 200 chart; 7220 is expected to garner a total of 120,000 to 130,000 equivalent album units — enough to end the eight-week chart-topping reign of the Encanto soundtrack. Hip Hop By The Numbers also states that 7220‘s numbers are 128% higher than his latest first week peak for a solo project, which was 57,000 units for Just Cause You Waited 2, and that it will be the second hip-hop album to sell more than 100,000 units in its first week after Gunna. 7220 boasts a total of 17-tracks with heavy-hitting features from Future, Gunna, Summer Walker and Morgan Wallen. The album title is a refere...
Kid Cudi to Star in Brittany Snow-Directed Film September 17th
Kid Cudi is set to star in Brittany Snow’s new feature film directorial debut, September 17th, reports Variety. Snow decided to cast Cudi after working together as actors in A24’s new horror movie X. “I couldn’t believe that [Snow] wanted me in it,” Cudi told Variety. “She had told me about the movie while we were on set [for X], but she never asked me to be in it. I was like, ‘Maybe she’s waiting to see how [X] turns out.’ It’s gonna be awesome. Really great script.” Cudi’s other recent film credits include his appearance in Don’t Look Up alongside Ariana Grande as well as the third film in the Bill & Ted franchise. There’s also a new documentary about him. X is in theaters this weekend; watch the trailer below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates f...
billy woods and Preservation Announce New Album Aethiopes
Aethiopes is the forthcoming new album from billy woods and Preservation. It’s out April 8 via Backwoodz Studioz and features El-P, ELUCID, Boldy James, Quelle Chris, Despot, Denmark Vassey, Breezly Brewin, Shinehead, and Fatboi Sharif. Check out the tracklist and artwork below. The new album follows woods’ 2019 records Hiding Places and Terror Management, plus the 2020 Moor Mother collaboration Brass and the 2021 Armand Hammer album Haram. It’s the first full collaborative album from Preservation since his 2015 album with Ka, Days With Dr. Yen Lo. Aethiopes: 01 Asylum02 No Hard Feelings03 Wharves04 Sauvage [ft. Boldy James & Gabe Nandez]05 The Doldrums06 NYNEX [ft. ELUCID, Denmark Vessey & Quelle Chris]07 Christine 08 Heavy Water [ft. Mike Ladd, Breeze Brewin & El-P...
‘Encanto’ Makes It Nine Weeks Atop Billboard 200 Albums Chart
The Encanto soundtrack snags a ninth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 19). The set earned 72,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 10 (down 9%), according to MRC Data. Encanto also surpasses 1 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S., as the latest tracking week brings its to-date sum to 1.03 million. The soundtrack album was released on Nov. 19, before the film arrived in U.S. theaters on Nov. 24. The movie was released via the Disney+ streaming service a month later (Dec. 24). The album spent its first week at No. 1 on the Jan. 15, 2022-dated chart. See latest videos, charts and news In the last five years, only two albums have spent at least nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Encanto and Morgan Wallen’s Danger...
